U.S. antitrust law is complicated, but current efforts to block a merger between grocery retailers Albertsons and Kroger may not fit the bill. Current triggers under the law include:
Market share of 70 percent or more, or less than 50 percent if barriers limit competition. Barriers to entry prevent competition. When a firm can raise prices above competitive levels without losing market share. The use of predatory practices. A Herfindahl-Hirschman Index score of 2,500 or higher, or possibly 1,500 to 2,500.
The proposed Albertson/Kroger merger would result in a firm still smaller than Walmart. Under the Rule of Three theory, firms consolidate until three firms dominate a market. GM, Ford and Chrysler once comprised the B...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
